First of all, I would like to wish a very happy birthday to Gen, and a happy belated birthday to a great friend Jason Kwa. Jason's birthday was on the 15th July, and Gen's was, well, today. I got this really cool claymore (anime) lighter for him, not that he smokes or anything....
Well let's talk about Gen's birthday ( easier to remember =P). 'Bout three weeks ago, it was my birthday (10th of July) and we were chatting before we broached upon the topic of sushi... She said she wanted to eat sushi and wanted me to make it for her. I didn't pay much attention to her request but I agreed though... It's not my style to refuse other people's requests, besides I'm a great fan of japanese food and I love to cook. Well one thing led to another and then I found myself with 5 other (cough) chefs in this effort to make it for Gen's birthday.
The events of yesterday was as follows:
--> spent (too much) time with Big Nic, Jason Kwa, JK and K'cube choosing the present for Gen's birthday (I didn't chip in... the sushi ingredients cost me twice the price of the present)
--> Finally managed to leave the shop and head home with weird ingredients (chocolate and strawberries)... Small Nic waiting at my doorstep already... And god I hate the rain.
-->Started cooking the 1st batch of rice, while waiting we fried some tamago (japanese sweet omelette). Small Nic proves to be of some use... Pro egg-frier? PS: never let Sherilyn pour the oil (heart attack anyone?)
--> Argh! The rice turned into something that might come out of Hagrid's a** during constipation. It formed some weird, hard piece of hard...thing (did I mention hard?). Never mind then, add water and cook it again, hopefully it was just because of a lack of water.
--> Rice looks much better than the previous time we took it out. On the outside. With Sherilyn's effort at mixing the rice although I told her not to, we now have a mixture of brown burnt rice, and usable white rice. Thankfully, we managed to salvage a bit. Some parts were left untouched...
--> Tried making sushi. F....Success! These cheese sushis were plain, but at least they were edible...
--> Not sure what happened next. But I know it involved Chuan Chun destroying my avocados and me becoming some emo brat.
-->Sherilyn, Small Nic, and K'cube left first. Chuan Chun and Big Nic stayed.
--> Tried again, the rice a bit better this time. Managed to make some california maki, some floss maki and some weird chocolate strawberry sushi (let's not go into little details... this should remain PG13)
--> Desperately called for help, but the other two slackers remained glued to the xbox. Terrible, the effect of video games on the minds of teenagers.
--> Wanted to make more but my last batch of rice turned into Hagrid's constipated excrements again. And also my grand finale.

Thank god it's over. the sushi is easy on the eyes and easy on the teeth as well, despite the rice being rather hard. And now I have something left over from the battle. A piece of rice so hard it can be turned into a murder weapon. Through a stroke of ingenuity I made it into this:

Nothing suspicious apart from the occasional glimpse of the mayo holding the strawberries and the milo powder.
Let's get to the main event. The 'birthday party' we held for Gen. When I took out the 'cake', tears started forming in her eyes. My heart broke at that time. I felt damn guilty. Still do. Maybe the joke was carried too far? She didn't show disappointment or anything, but who know how another person feels deep down?
The sushi, as expected, was too hard. Sushi was never built to be eaten the next day... The rice, I admit, also played a part.
OK birthday over, I had to leave first to prepare for my french class later on. Or so I said. Truth is, I wanted to leave the place. I may be a little harsh on myself, but I felt like I couldn't stand before Gen...
When I went home and showered, I had a little shock. This:
I found this on my chest, at my heart area. I knew I was feeling a bit guilty, but this is a bit overkill. Freaky...

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